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1. How Everyday Things are Made

   If you've ever wondered how things like airplanes, candy, cars, or bottles are made, or if you're interested in different manufacturing processes, this cool site is for you.

   http://manufacturing.stanford.edu/

   
   

2. San Jose Tech Museum of Innovation

   Brings you a museum on the Web with online exhibits that explore the technology and science changing our world, as well as puzzles, games, and the Tech 10.

   http://www.thetech.org/

   
   

3. Technology at Home

   This PBS site lets you explore the development of common household technologies as they developed over the past century. Requires Shockwave.

   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tech/#

   
   

4. Animated Engines, Wankel

   View an animated drawing as you read an explanation of how these engines work.

   http://www.keveney.com/Wankel.html

   
   

5. Energy Planet

   Find information about all kinds of energy sources on this ThinkQuest site. Includes pictures, videos, and explanations of how energy works! In English and several European lanuages.

   http://library.thinkquest.org/C004471/

   
   

6. GE Transportation: Engines 101

   Learn how jet engines work by checking out this interactive site. Watch videos and view drawings to find out about passenger safety, environmental protection, and the future of engines.

   http://www.geae.com/education/engines101/

   
   

7. Gizmo Tech

   Get reviews of new technology products and discuss other technical issues here. From ThinkQuest.

   http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215465/

   
   

8. How Things Work: The Physics of Everyday Life

   Ever wonder how something worked but didn't know whom to ask? Ask Louis A. Bloomfield, a physics professor at the University of Virginia.

   http://howthingswork.virginia.edu/

   
   

9. WayBack - Technology in 1900

   Learn about the first telephone operators, early race cars, music videos, and more...1900 style! Read historic predictions too. From PBS' The American Experience.

   http://www.pbskids.org/wayback/tech1900/

   
   

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